Carolina Gardening: blooming in september, 1 by TomH3787

TomH3787 wrote:
Nice butterfly pics, everyone! One butterfly I've had about enough of around here are the black swallowtails - their larvae have eaten almost all of my parsley. After letting a couple dozen of them mature I've now started picking eggs off the remaining leaves, but it's probably a lost cause.

It will be nice to get the rain from TS Hanna but not the wind. If we get 50mph gusts like they're predicting it's going to make a mess... oh, well.

Here's a pic of my Senna corymbosa bush. It's not quite in full bloom yet but I took a pic today anyway in case it gets a lot of wind damage. This gives you an idea of the overall growth habit. If you're into butterfly gardening, it's a good larval host for sulphurs - they like to eat the flowers most of all.